Mark Galan

Comment on Kimberly Preston's post: Pretty good response it sums everything up in a nut shell.

Summative evaluations show the instructor a chance to evaluate how much has been learned in the classroom.

From the strategies that are applicable the Harvard speaker mentioned the following: "anything you can do to bring students into the discussion that is what makes for an effective response". In other words if a student can actively engage in conversations with their peers they have an active discussion that brings about the learning process to flourish. He also stated the three main types of question characteristics and how to make them effective.

Open questions- They're broad wide-open. Good to start a discussion. 

Closed questions- Has Bob cheddar job been filled? Use the close-ended questions to change the focus or… >>>

Comment on Shawn Groveunder's post: What is your strategy to make them participate in the learning process? Do you take them to field trips, have a guest speaker, or are you the sage on the stage?

What works for one student may not work on the next is the model that I will follow to interact and achieve higher engagement, student/class interest, and overall achievement for my students. The strategies I will present will vary from verbal, auditory, visual, and kinesthetic and or incorporate all of these for better student/material grasp and self-actualization.

Comment on Shantelle Boudreau's post: Thanks for sharing these strategies to incorporate teaching and learning styles for students with different learning capabilities.

Taken for the harvard video presenters there are five factors that will help make you a more effective and clear communicator with your students.

1. Know the subject
2. Know the student. Take a look at the profile of each student and learn about their background and what motivates them (this must be done on the first day!) 
3. Set the expectation. This is achieved by engaging the students and knowing who can answer some key questions during classroom sessions. 
4. You MUST create an environment where people can take risks. DO NOT humiliate your student. It will come back ten-fold because they're not
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Comment on Arthur Butler's post: I hope you don't plan to entertain them because that's not an instructors job.

Learning is both cognitive and tactical. this helps students become engaged and self actualized and therefore a more effective form of approaching the learn-a-tivity process. two the mid-term slump can come at time when the students become creatures you don't even recognize in the classroom. You must create a facilitation plan to avoid this slump and since students learning component can be emotional your focus on this component is critical so much as the delivery of instruction as well as their buy-in to the instructional process is just as important.

From this lesson or module I was able to see the need for being candid with your students. Its importance for the right timing when to exercise this is key to allow your students to help settle in to the class and look forward to the days lesson. I'll definitely look for non-traditional holidays during the block and hopefully can have a few laughs to relive the pressures of being adults.